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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lock outverb

    prevent employees from working during a strike

Wiktionary

  1. lock outnoun

    An event in which an employer bars employees from working as a tactic in negotiating terms of employment, particularly in response to a strike or threat to strike.

  2. lock outverb

    To prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently.

  3. lock outverb

    To prevent from accessing a data structure.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lock out in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lock out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of lock out in a Sentence

  1. Tough Mudder Van Zile:

    We never want to lock out our joints, ever, especially during pregnancy, you have relaxin, that hormone running through your body that just makes you more hypermobile.

  2. Gary Sigrist:

    If you're in a high school cafeteria and someone starts shooting, you don't have the ability to hide or lock out at that point, so you teach people, here's what you can do in an event. That includes, if you choose, going after the attacker.

  3. Ford Explorer:

    There are things we will lock out while driving.


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